Isro, Nasa sign MoU for mission moon

  • 09/05/2006

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) will have two scientific instruments on India's maiden voyage to the moon. Nasa administrator Michael Griffin and his counterpart, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman G Madhavan Nair, signed two MoUs in Bangalore for cooperation on India's Chandrayaan-1 mission. Mr Griffin is touring Isro facilities this week. He will visit its satellite development centre, launch vehicle production center and launch site. "It is my hope and belief that as we extend the reach of human civilisation throughout the solar system, the US and India will be partners on many more technically challenging and scientifically rewarding projects,' he said at a ceremony in Bangalore.